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  2. Grapefruit can interfere with your medications — here's what ...

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    For example, when the blood pressure drug felodipine is taken with grapefruit juice rather than water, levels of the medication in the blood can more than double and result in headache, irregular ...

  3. Grapefruit–drug interactions - Wikipedia

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    Grapefruitdrug interactions that affect the pre-systemic metabolism (i.e., the metabolism that occurs before the drug enters the blood) of drugs have a different duration of action than interactions that work by other mechanisms, such as on absorption, discussed below.

  4. What You Need To Know Before Eating Your Daily Grapefruit - AOL

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    Important: If you're taking statins or medications for conditions like high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart arrhythmia, organ transplants, or allergies, it can be dangerous to eat grapefruit ...

  5. Grapefruit juice - Wikipedia

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    Grapefruit and grapefruit juice have been found to interact with numerous drugs, in many cases resulting in adverse effects. [4] This happens in two ways: one is that grapefruit can block an enzyme which metabolizes medication, [5] and if the drug is not metabolized, then the level of the drug in the blood can become too high, leading to an adverse effect. [5]

  6. Drug interaction - Wikipedia

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    In pharmaceutical sciences, drug interactions occur when a drug's mechanism of action is affected by the concomitant administration of substances such as foods, beverages, or other drugs. A popular example of drug–food interaction is the effect of grapefruit on the metabolism of drugs .

  7. Cialis Side Effects: What to Expect (& How to Avoid Them) - AOL

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    Grapefruit juice can increase the serum concentrations of tadalafil and other medications in your body, which can lead to overdose-like results. Stick with water — it’s good for you.

  8. Grapefruit can interfere with your medications — here's what ...

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    A single glass of grapefruit juice can interfere with your body's ability to break down a medication. Here's how to protect your health.

  9. Bitter orange - Wikipedia

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    Bitter orange may have serious grapefruit-like drug interactions with medicines such as statins (to lower cholesterol), nifedipines (to lower blood pressure), some anti-anxiety drugs, and some antihistamines. [43]